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Have you heard these statistics before?
There are almost 200 million migrants worldwide. There are 13 million refugees worldwide. They
seek safety from persecution, torture, oppression, and poverty. In 2006, only
41,000 of those were resettled as refugees in the United States and an additonal 25,000
were granted asylum.
How about these?
Over 75% of immigration to the United States is for family reunification.
There are about 10 to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The majority of
them came with visas. They have mothers and fathers. They have wives and husbands. They have children ...
daughters and sons. They have brothers and sisters. They have human rights.
They are largely unaware of the laws that protect them. They need legal immigration
assistance to be informed of and to understand their rights as they endure heartwrenching separations
from their families.
This is where UURISE comes in!
Hope! There is hope for a child to feel her
father's arms around her again. There is hope for the the husband to see his wife
again. There is hope for one who has suffered persecution to smile again. There
is hope for one who has endured torture to be safe again. There is hope for a mother to embrace her son once again. UURISE holds a flame of hope
for those seeking justice.
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The mission of UURISE:
To provide competent,
low-cost legal immigration counseling and representation, comprehensive refugee resettlement services, educational and advocacy
programs on human and legal rights, and outreach to immigrant victims of human trafficking, persecution, torture, domestic
violence and other crimes.
Although founded on Unitarian Universalist principles, UURISE serves people regardless
of religious affliation. Our directors, advisors, officers and clients are of many different faiths and belief systems. Our
commitment is to people and to justice for all.
To read about the UU Principles, click here.
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Please get in touch to offer comments and join our mailing list. As a not-for-profit agency, we rely
on the goodwill and generosity of individuals like you so that we can provide legal and other resettlement services to those
who cannot avoid representation.
Copyright 2007, Unitarian Universalist Refugee and Immigrant Services and Education,
Inc. (UURISE)
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